Hose-supporter clasp.



V. GUINZBURG.

HOSE SUPPORTBR CLASP.

PPLIOATION FILED MAR. a, 190s.

916,304. n `1 auentedMar.23,19o9.

WMM/momo UNITED PATENT OFFICE.

VICTOR GUINZBURG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO l. B. KLEINERT RUBBER COM- PANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

HOSE-SUPPORTER CLASP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 23, 1909.

Application filed March 3, 1908. Serial No. 418,921.

of the citycount.y, and State of New York, j have invented certain new and useful lnii provement-s in Hose-Supporter Clasps, of which the following is a speciiation accompanied by drawings.

ton. The archingl of the loop presents the convex side to the rear face of the button, as .seen in Fig, 5. This arching of the loop should be such that when the hose fabric ll is in place in the clasp the button, and consequently its back plate E, will be inclined somewhat, as shown in Fig. 5, the hose fabric being closely contined between the arch The invention relates particularly to the buttonand -loop type of hose supporters, and its object is to lessen the tendency of tearing or injuring the hose where the supporter is used under great strain. as is frequently .the case.

In many forms of porters now in use the the confining pressure between the lower end of the loop and the under-surface of the button head. i

It is the object of the present improvement to distribute the forces at work higher up between the surface of the loop and the surface of the button, and by a better distribution 4of the gripping pressures and strains, subject the fabric to less severe button-and-loop suphose fabric is held by i strain at any one point. This l acconiixilisli by means of an arched loop and a coperi ating button and back-plate` as hereinafter Y Y i of the loop. as seen on edge in Fig. 7i. The fastener when in use is subjected to the iipdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure l is a front riew of the hose supporter clasp.

Fig. and `j Fig. 3 are face view and edge riew of the i loop. Fig, 4 is a section of the button ineinber. Fig. 5 is an edge View, partly diagrainmatic, showing the clasp in position for use.

Fig. 6 is a View, partly diagranunatic, showing the clasp with a slightly modified forni i, of button for exaggerating the iinproi'ed g rearwardly. bringing the lower edge lil still action.

The loop B is arched or curved. as seen in edge View in Fig. 3. lts face i'iew contour may be such as shown in Figs. i and Q, the width of the lower portion of the opening being proportioned to receive the shank of the button C, as well understood. The button may be of the usual type. The button C is preferably D secured to the back-plate E and surrounded by the enlarged head and sleei'e of suitable composition, these features not being the essentials of niy invention. l prefer to make both the head and shank of the provided with a inetal shank of course being proportioned to suit the bntof the loop and the under-face of the button head on either side of the head, gripping the fabric at these two places. ln this position, as will be seen in Fig'. 5. the backplate by bearing against the surface of the limb on which the clasp is being used will tend to be tilted so as to aid in confining the hose fabric between the higher portions of the button head and the arched face of the loop, because the back -plate E being substantially parallel with the bntton head and lying at an angle to the general plane. of the loop, will extend downward and backward from the loop, as shown in Fig. 5, so that the lowest ere treniity Fi coming against the limb will tend to tilt the back-plate. as indicated by the short arrow at lil. lu referring to the general plane of the loop l mean an imaginary plane or line through the extreme ends ward pull of the hose supporter tape or fabric applied to the upper end of the loop, and

. secondly. to the downward pull of the hose toward the lower end of the loop and the outward tilting etlect mentioned, and acting on the lower end lil of the. slightly inclined back-plate.

ln Fig. (i the back-plate is shown concave figures, being simple to manufacture and itl satisfactorily accomplishing the result. is preferable. The tape fabric (l of the supporter clasp may be applied in the well known iiiaiuier to secure the button member to the loop. For this purpose l prefer to have the back-plate of the button contain two slots. as at F, through which the tape or fabric of the supporter may be, passed and secured, as `well understood.

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My improved arched loop and button is littattached to or detached from the hose as readily as the usual forms. Owing appar'- ently to the gripping of the material at higher' points upon the loop and against the underface ot the button t-han has heretofore been cuetomary, the hose is gripped with lese liability to be injured or torn than with the plane torni of loop.

l deeire it to be understood that the novelty of my invention doeS notrepose in the b ent or arched loop apart from its combinatlon and coaction in the clasp. Such loops have been advantageouely used for the purpose of preventing the accidental disengagement oit the parte ot' a Clasp as in .Dosaerts patent No. 594,132 Nov. 23, 1897.

l claim and desire to secure by LettersI Patent. the Vtollowing:

l. ln combination in a bi1tto1i-a1ulloop hose supporter clasp, a button, loop,` and attaching fabric, Said loop 'being arched and concave toward the back-plate of the button, and the Said button having its backplate substantially parallel with itsy head and a shank of Such relatively short lengt-h that the maid back-plate when in use, with the material ot' the hose between button and loop, lieeI at an angle with the general plane of the loop and divergee downward and backward therefrom, whereby the outer preeeure of theliinb ot' the wearer when in use tenda to tiltl the back-plate and thereby cause the head ot the button at its upper portion to grip againet the two Sides ot the arched portions of the loop.

2. ln combination in a button-and-loop hose supporter clasp, a button, loop, and attaching fabric, Said loop being arched and concave toward the back-plate ot the button, and the button having a. Shank and backplat-e proportioned so that when engaged by the lower end ot' the loop'with the upper portion of the button head resting in Contact with the arch of the loop and the back-plate Substantially in contact with the lower end of the loop the back-plate lies at a Slight angle to the general plane of the loop diverging downward and backward in respect thereto.

l-l. In combination in a button-and-loop hose Supporter clasp7 a button, loop, and attaching fabric, said loop being arched and concave toward the back-plate ot' the button, and the button provided with a lehanl and back-plate and engaging' the loop when in clasped position at an angle to the general plane ot' the loop, thereby causing' the material to be gripped at a higher point upon the loop.

l. )l button and loop clasp combining a button, back plate and loop and Comprising means actuated by pressure againet the limb when in nee ttor pressing the upper portion o1" the button head and the loop toward each other and relieving pressure lower down.

5. A button and loop Clasp having a button I )rovided with a back plate extending downward and inclined rearward when the button is engaged by the loop and fabric for which the clasp is adapted, the Said loop being bent toward the back plate to an extent autticient to give Such inclination, whereby outward pressure oi" the limb against the back plate tends to grip the fabric between the upper portieri of the button head and the loop, substantially ae Set forth.

ln testimony whereof l have signed thia Specification in the presence ot two Subscribing witnessee, the th day of February,

VICTOR GUNZBURG. lllitnesses FREDERICK lV. GIMPEL, NnLsoN J. SHERwooD. 

